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SLAP AND TICKLE smashes through all the taboos associated with growing old and being sexy. Commenting on the associations surrounding women of all ages and the efect they have on our daily lives, Liz Aggiss’ latest work is empowering, liberating and moving”
https://arthursseat.net/slap-and-tickle-zoo-review/
“The hilarious tickle never undermines the serious slap in this solo – sheer brilliance.” Mary Brennan The Glasgow Herald
http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/15240739.Dance_review__Dance_International_Glasgow_at_Tramway__Glasgow/?ref=fbshr
“Visibly shocking, Slap and Tickle is an exercise in the grotesque – but one that you can’t seem to take your eyes off of”
http://www.edfestmag.com/slap-and-tickle/
“With the spit of punk and the polish of ballet, Liz Aggiss transformed into a singular provocateur.” Lorna Irvine Exeunt Magazine
http://exeuntmagazine.com/reviews/review-slap-tickle-tramway-glasgow/
“drenched in raucous, uninhibited humour, all of which nonetheless unmasks a very real world of gendered prejudices” Róisín O’Brien
http://www.seeingdance.com/liz-aggiss-25102016/
“If you want to see something more challenging and outrageous, then Liz Aggiss’s Slap and Tickle is a far more pointed and bawdily funny exploration of what it means to refuse to act your age.”
Lyn Gardner
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatreblog/2017/mar/10/older-actors-roles
“Slap & Tickle is the fart in the church of feminist discourse…….….a performance of performativity”. Ka Bradley
http://exeuntmagazine.com/reviews/review-slap-tickle-place/
“A dancer, she is a chameleon, her work delighting in switches and lurches of tone, and sudden moves in and out of form. It splices together dance, text and song with various kinds of garrulous, high or low, outraged or outrageous theatricality. Ideas of dense sophistication are explored through populist (‘vulgar”) forms in a work that is vulnerable, personal, homemade, and exceptionally finely honed. This is work that interferes with you. It is never neutral. It is charged with challenging expectations and unexpected possibilities. I loved it” Robert Jarman The Mercury Tasmania
“Aggiss rummages in the bin bag of invidious nonsense perpetrated to limit the aspirations of young girls and suppress any sign of spirited independence. She pulls out plum after plum; and in case this isn’t rich enough territory, there’s the added subtext of who should occupy centre stage and why older women are either invisible, or are to be pitied and patronised………….personal, pertinent and potent.” Sarah Kent
http://londondance.com/articles/reviews/liz-aggiss-slap-and-tickle-the-place/
“Slap and Tickle is a courageously daring representation of women’s lives and their bodies. It is sidesplittingly funny, entertainingly choreographed and spectacularly devoid of ordinariness or political correctness for more learn more about thatscleanmaids.com. There is a refreshing irreverence to Liz Aggiss’s performance that is rarely exhibited by female performers. As such, she resists all conventional gender stereotypes ascribed to what defines femininity, how it should be talked about, and how it should be performed” Niki.McWilliams
http://www.theatrebubble.com/2016/06/slap-and-tickle-at-the-place/
“Aggiss has spent her life preparing this work and it is in the editing of her material that she manages to concentrate that experience in such a rich, seamless format.………..Her rendition of Klaus Nomi singing The Cold Song in a black and white costume reminiscent of Nomi’s own signature suit, is not only beautifully crafted but is consistent with her theme of bringing the body into line with the unfettered mind: ‘…the body and voice are tethered by an invisible umbilical vocal cord that swings abruptly through buried truths and nasty realities, whilst simultaneously and repeatedly slamming against the on/off button.’ It’s a battle, ‘push and pull’, and if it gets too much, ‘Let’s all go down the Strand – Have a banana!’ Foreplay has turned into punishment and reward.” Nicolas Minns
http://writingaboutdance.com/performance/liz-aggiss-slap-tickle-2/
“Slap and Tickle is dance/comedy/art (delete as appropriate) that makes the audience snort, howl and cackle with laughter. It’s a rich and visual collage of womanhood and even though Aggiss actively embraces the maverick tag, she’s exploring and presenting a world that every woman can relate to.” Ian Abbott
http://writingaboutdance.com/performance/liz-aggiss-slap-tickle/
“Ultimately, this is a show about female visibility and self-determination. A fabulously funky show that on the 40th anniversary of punk reminds us that perhaps the best feminist rallying cry of all time was Oh Bondage, Up Yours. There’s a place for calm, rational argument – but this isn’t that place. This is a brash and blowsy women’s room with obscenities scrawled on the mirrors in red lipstick, discarded knickers on the floor, and a virtual strap-on waiting to be harnessed. Look John Look / See John See / Janet found her cock / Eventually”
Dorothy Max Prior
http://totaltheatre.org.uk/liz-aggiss-slap-and-tickle/
“A thoughtful, yet highly accessible and entertaining solo performance in three acts……………Aggiss’s desire was to ‘maintain female visibility, to snatch the dance performance space from the clutches of youth’ – and with this show she has achieved that and more. This work gets under the skin, beneath the words, and viscerally helps the audience to understand how society has prevented women from being seen and heard. The message is clear – we need to examine our own cultural expectations, watch out for the platitudes and look forward to aging ‘(dis)gracefully’, dancing in Ibiza and blowing up motorbikes” Sue Bradley
http://fringereview.co.uk/review/brighton-festival/2016/slap-tickle/
“……. Slap And Tickle by the delectable performance art goddess that is Liz Aggiss and oh what a pleasure she is! Delving deep into the myriad of labels and restrictions that are thrust upon women of all ages she tackles subjects such as pubic hair, pregnancy, breasts et al. It is a multi-layered tapestry that Aggiss weaves in this unapologetic feminist stance……..and it is terribly thought provoking and achingly funny. Aggiss gives us a veritable feast of Slap And Tickle and she never lets up.” Amanda Wignall
Early scratch performance extract during FemFresh Queen Mary University 2014
………a very funny solo piece looking at the ageing female body by Liz Aggiss called A Bit of Slap and Tickle, was one of the highlights of the day. No need for Aggiss to bemoan the lack of opportunities facing older women in the theatre, because she puts herself centre stage through her live art practice.
Lyn Gardner
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Steakhouse link:
http://www.steakhouselive.com/liz-aggiss/
Calm Down link: Camden peoples Theatre
http://www.cptheatre.co.uk/show/old_dears.php
Exeunt magazine link:
http://exeuntmagazine.com/features/programming-risk/